Bank-check.



F. B. REYNOLDS.

BANK CHECK.

APPLICATIN FILED MAR. 7| |917.

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`Be it known that I,FRANo1s B. REYOLDS,

.i Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque, Stateof Iowa, have invented a new'- and useful Banli- Check, and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full," clear, andexact description of the inventiomsuch as will 'enable' others skilled inthe art to which it' appertains to make and use the-same.

kThis' invention relates toy an improved bank check, and one of the objects 'of the invention is the provision of a check which .is non-raisable- A further'objectof the inventlon 1s the,

, provision of a bank check having its marginal portion soperforated as to form detachable parts or pieces, and which have printed thereon different amounts of dollars, from five dollars to a hundred and eighty dollars, inclusive, at intervals of five, say

, an'dso on, to a hundred and eighty.

for instance, tive, ten, fifteen and twenty, Any

' one of these parts may be detached by tear- A further obyect of the invention is to provide means to be carried by each one of these detachable sections or parts or pieces,

i to facilitate the detachment of the part.

In practical fields, thedetails of construcmay necessitate alterations falling Within the scope of what is claimed Theinvention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

` ing the same having been drawn for a cer? Figure l is a plan view of al blank check,

constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the check, shown tain amount, and illustrating `one of said parts or pieces detached, thereby disclosing that the checkcannot be raised over the amount which' is missing from lthe marginal edge of the check. I

Fig. 3 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

detail view, showingthe man- BANK-CHECK.

Patented oct. 1, 191s.

Application filed March 7, 1917. Serial No. 153,107.

ner for operation for detaching anyone of the sections or pieces 8. i

Referring more especially to the drawings,

l designatesa'check, which may be of any suitable shape having la part to receive the amount (in figures) for which the check is to be drawn, as shown at 2, and aline 3 to. recelve the iiame to the order of whom the.

amount of the check is to be paid. The check 1s also provided with a suitable space or line on which the amount of the `check is written in words, as lshown at 4. The face of the check is provided with a border line 5, which divides the marginal part of the check` from the body of the check. This marginal portion 6 of the check is so perforated, as shown at 7, as toprovide the detachable or separable sections, parts or pieces 8,. which are arranged at'spaced intervals throughout the marginal portion -of the check. These'pieces or sections 8 are provided with 'diiferent amountsk 9, at intervals of faves,- from live to .a hundred and eighty, inclusive, and for any one of which amounts the check may be drawn. In other words, the-.check cannot be drawn for an amcuntequal to the addition of any two or more amounts on said sections or pieces 8. Inrfurther words, itis the ann to draw the check for an amount. not exceeding a hundred and eighty dollars.` For instance, in Fig. 2, a check is illustrated, drawn for one hundred and sixty-nine and seventytwo hundredths dollars, and the section or piece having; a hundred and seventy `dollars printed thereonhas been detached from the margin of the check, as shown at 10. Printed on the face ofthe check are necessaryl directionsll indicating that the person for whom lthe check is drawn shall not receive more than the amount of any single piece or section that is detached from the margin of the check. Therefore, John Doe, for Whom the check in Fig. 2 is drawn, is not to receive` more than a hundred and seventy dollars. Each section 8 in Fig. 2 is provided with a vperforation Vl2, .over which an eraser ofv a pencil may engage, to hold the section 8 against slipping on the desk, and so thatthe rubber eraser may engage through the perforation on to the desk, thereby facilitating the detach'ing of the section, while pulling on the body of the check. This operation of detaching any one of the sections or pieceall lla is shown in Fig. clea'rly.

The invention having been'set forth,A what is 'claimed as new andusefuhisft 1. A cheek, having a border line dividing' a marginal space fromthe body of lthe* check, said marginal space being perforated,

said perforations being arrangedin a plu-` rality of substantially U-1form shapes at' spaced intervals, thereby. providing a plurality of U-shaped detaohableseotions havingl Idifferent amounts from ive to a hundred and eighty at. intervals of fives7 only one section at a tine being detachable, each detachable section having an enlarged"per-l foration through Which-a rubber eraser extends to engage adesk or other support to` facilitate the detaohing of thesection.

2. In a non-raisable cheek, a` check b ody provided with a border line, anda marginal x 4'space divided froin the body of the jeheck by said border line, said marginal space being perforated, said perforations being'arranged in a plurality of substantially U- forined shapes at spaced intervals thereby providing a plurality of U-shaped detaohable sections having amounts printe there on, any one of said amounts adapted to substantially correspond to thev amount to'be ',vvqritten in' the bcdy'vof the cheek, ,onlyv one of said sections at a' time-being detachable,l each detachable. sectionhaving .an enlarged per# foration throughv its` body,l and l'through f which perforation a rubber eraser end of'fa pencil may partially protrude to engage a" desk or other support` tovfaoilitatethe detaching of the section', ,said enlarged'perforation being spacedwithin and away. from the perforations forming thev U-formed i sections, whereby when thejrubber eraser.

end substantially protrudes through. the persection, or the body ofthe check.

name kto this speoificationin the two subscribing Witnesses.' l' l v FRANCIS `B. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses: v l

ROBERT H. J 01ans,4 G. N. REILLTZ, 

